Unfortunately, we will never be mature enough to accept life and death in comics, and thus is the reason why any of this was given the green light.

Nightwing.

Also, I love the irony here about you talking about how mainstream comics can't deal with death while discussing a story about the death of a character.

Exactly.

Anyway, Grant Morrison didn't just arbitrarily do this. It communicates some pretty meaningful themes that make a lot of sense.

Oh, and in regards to comic spoilers, I guess it's really difficult to keep them secret for a couple reasons. One is that major events and plot points trigger sales, so they can't keep them secret, especially in an industry that's generally struggling. Second is that it's extremely difficult to be spoiler-free when engaging in a shared ongoing universe. This is because things happened and you have to discuss the things that happened in order to discuss current things. To use a terrible analogy, it'd kind of be like spoiling 9/11. I've encountered this problem when discussing DC and Marvel with people. So I'm not sure anyone's really to blame here, it's just the nature of this particular type of narrative.

_________________"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part."There's a cello in your house now."

Also, I love the irony here about you talking about how mainstream comics can't deal with death while discussing a story about the death of a character.

Sure thing Doctor, this deffinitely isn't the medium who is infamous for having characters with impermanent deaths.

Godziller66 wrote:

Grant Morrison didn't just arbitrarily do this. It communicates some pretty meaningful themes that make a lot of sense.

I hope it does, and I certainly don't want to pass judgements on the story without reading it.

But by god is this convenient for DC Comics, and frankly seems like a grandeur stupidity to yell it from the mountaintop before the comic is even released.

Godziller66 wrote:

So I'm not sure anyone's really to blame here, it's just the nature of this particular type of narrative.

I could very well believe that it is true than in age of social media and the spread of information that it's impossible to keep a secret; but at the very least, you could see signs of them trying to do it, making an attempt to not damage the experience not only for the regular readers, but also those who are unaware of such events or that haven't read comics for some time *raises hands*.

And that's what bothers me the most, I haven't read the story, and I've just realized that I need to forsake every single comic book media site if I ever hope to stay away from spoilers, I mean, imagine if I cared about things like interviews with writers and artists, or about reading reviews from comics I ocassionally read, what if I wanted to go to CBR or ComicVine's forum ?